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  • Teacher Institute, a three week intensive training program at SFs Exploratorium
  • You probably know the SF Exploratorium as a pioneering science museum. But did you know it's also a leader in science education?
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teachers, focus on solutions
  • CEID school turns 30 and still going strong
  • ABC7 News revisits a deaf school 14 years later and takes a look at its success.
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berkeley, focus on solutions, dan ashley
  • SF non-profit EARN marks 10th anniversary
  • A SF nonprofit is marking its 10th anniversary of helping minimum wage workers to save and reach career goals.
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economy, focus on solutions, david louie
  • The message of the program is simple: say no, get away and tell someone.
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children, focus on solutions, cheryl jennings
  • Students at LEN Institute
  • A Bay Area job training program for low-income people has had remarkable results even during tough economic times.
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  • Jericho Project helps train felons to enter workforce
  • The Jericho Project in Brisbane helps train felons in a rigid military style so they can be successful in the workforce.
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brisbane, jobs, drugs, focus on solutions, vic lee
  • A number of studies show a childs early reading experience is critical to his or her lifelong reading skills.
  • A man's own struggles with reading inspired him to create an organization that hopes to instill children with a lifelong love for books.
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east palo alto, books, children, focus on solutions, lyanne melendez
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  • Meet some local surfers who've caught the green wave and discovered a cost-effective way to recycle styrofoam.
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  • A Bay Area power couple, known for their tough political tactics, is helping teens learn to be nicer to each other.
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  • TNDC students
  • The Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation will celebrate 30 years of service this year.
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san francisco county, tenderloin, focus on solutions, cheryl jennings
  • Bouverie Preserve near Glen Ellen
  • A Caltrans project that required cutting down more than 100 native oak trees has led to an ambitious restoration project.
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sonoma county, focus on solutions
  • Tamales
  • Many women and low income people have been helped by La Cocina to grow their culinary dreams.
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san francisco county, mission district, food, focus on solutions
  • Rubicon workers
  • An East Bay social services agency is providing a second chance for many Bay Area residents hard hit by the economy
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berkeley, focus on solutions, eric thomas
  • Anderson Elementary School in San Jose
  • An innovative program now being used in a South Bay school might help solve America's math crisis.
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san jose, silicon valley, focus on solutions, lyanne melendez
  • Tri-CED
  • A Union City recycling plant is helping save people as well as the planet.
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focus on solutions, cecilia vega
  • A violence prevention program is helping youngsters embrace peace.
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focus on solutions, lyanne melendez
  • Spark
  • Inside a local program that is sparking Bay Area kids.
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focus on solutions, lyanne melendez
  • Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation TNDC San Francisco Homeless Program
  • The TNDC offers low-rent housing and afterschool programs for kids.
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focus on solutions, cheryl jennings
  • Canine refugees from Guam are finding new homes in the Bay Area.
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focus on solutions, heather ishimaru
  • Green Environment San Francisco Conservation Corps Non-Profit Senator Dianne Feinstein Carolyn Tyler
  • One Bay Area non-profit has been way ahead when it comes to being "green."
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focus on solutions, carolyn tyler
  • Tipping Point
  • Young up-and-comers join forces to make a difference in the lives of the less fortunate.
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focus on solutions, cheryl jennings
  • Loan Form
  • An innovative Bay Area program helps families overcome financial struggles.
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  • Barn Owl
  • Local teens are working to find new homes for endangered barn owls.
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  • Blue Dolphins
  • A swimming success story from a troubled Bay Area neighborhood.
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  • San Jose Municipal Rose Garden
  • A San Jose neighborhood spares the community from a civic embarrassment.
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focus on solutions, wayne freedman
  • The staggering figures on teenage homelessness in one of the Bay Area's most affluent areas.
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focus on solutions, cheryl jennings
  • Gardener Scholarship
  • The BAGF give scholarships to low income students, regardless of immigration status.
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  • Motherboard
  • An Exploratorium program opens the world of science up to underserved youth.
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focus on solutions, lyanne melendez
  • Red Cross
  • A local man's high-tech software could help us all cope with a catastrophic disaster.
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focus on solutions, carolyn tyler